To Belong
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Chapter Two: Day Camp
"Oh, Lizzie, you're growing up so fast. Are you ready to go to day camp?" Lizzie's little brother, Matt McGuire said, menacingly.
"Shut up porcupine head," Lizzie shot back. "Or I'll..."
"Lizzie, be nice to your brother," Lizzie's father, Sam McGuire said from behind his newspaper.
"He started it," Lizzie whined. Matt grinned at Lizzie.
"Matt, you too," Sam said, unenthusiastically.
"Lizzie, are you ready to go?" Jo asked, coming into the kitchen.
"I guess."
Lizzie entered a huge gym at Hilridge High School. She couldn't believe how big it was. There were two full basketball courts in only one gym!
Sitting on the bleachers were about 75 kids, all enthusiastically talking with friends.
Lizzie scanned the bleachers for someone she knew, or at least recognized. There was no one.
"Hey, Lizzie," a voice called out from near the top. It was Ethan Craft, Lizzie's middle school crush!
Lizzie walked up the bleachers to where Ethan was sitting. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Um, I don't really know," he said after a short silence.
"Well well, look at what the cat dragged in this summer. I do believe that you are in the gym reserved for anybody but you," a snooty voice from behind Lizzie said. "I do believe you're standing in front of my seat.
It was Kate, Lizzie's worst enemy from middle school, and now she was going to be stuck with her all summer.
Kate pushed Lizzie aside, almost causing her to tumble down the bleachers, and sat down almost on top of Ethan.
"Excuse me," Lizzie said.
"You're excused for being such a klutz. Now go sit with your own kind. Oh wait, tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber left for the summer," Kate said.
"Hey, there's room for both of you up here. You can sit on the other side of me, Lizzie," Ethan interrupted.
"Thanks," Lizzie said as she sat down.
Claire Miller was the next person to enter the gym.
Lizzie didn't think the summer could get any worse.
"Claire!" Kate shrieked. Claire looked up and then ran up the bleachers to where Kate was sitting and sat down next to here.
"I was so scared that I wouldn't know anybody here. My mom forced me to come because she said I needed something to do over the summer. Like, I have cheerleading and money. I don't need some stupid day camp," Claire said.
Claire was Kate's best friend, making her another one of Lizzie's worst nightmares.
A whistle cut the noise in an instant. It was coming from a big muscular looking man on the gym floor.
"Okay, listen up," the man said. "I am Mr. Clark, Hilridge high school's football coach and gym teacher. I'm in charge of this camp, and you will have the time of your life this summer."
A loud murmur went through the bleachers.
"I hope he doesn't want us to run laps or something because then I would actually have to work, which I am not doing this summer," Kate whispered to Claire.
The whistle blasted again. "As long as you respect me, this camp will be the most fun you've ever had," he said. "We will do a lot of things outdoors, as well as some things indoors." Mr. Clark started to go over what the students were going to do over the summer. The students were going to be given the chance to do a different thing every week with their assigned group. The students were split into groups of 20.
Mr. Clark started to ramble off the names of the groups. "...Josh Lawson, Jean Taite, Lizzie McGuire, and Kate Sanders," He shouted. "Go meet in that corner of the gym." He pointed to an empty spot on the gym floor.
Both Kate and Lizzie looked shell-shocked. Lizzie couldn't believe her ears. The summer just kept on getting worse. Now not only would she be stuck with Kate in the same school for the summer, but she would be stuck in the same group with her biggest tormentor.
Lizzie and Kate joined the group of other nervous, but excited looking students. A nice looking woman who looked like she was no older than 30 walked up to the group and introduced herself. "Hello, students. My name is Mrs. Nance. I'm gonna be your leader for the summer. I teach 11th grade English and..." Her voice was drowned out by the rapidly increasing noise level of the gym.
Mr. Clark's whistle pierced the air once more. The gym fell silent. "Okay, now that you're in your groups, follow your leaders to your designated classrooms."
Lizzie, Kate, and the group followed Mrs. Nance into classroom 187.
"This is where we will meet every morning," Mrs. Nance said. She went on to explain in more detail what they would be doing over the course of the summer, then she gave them time to meet each other.
"I can't believe that I've been stuck in a group with you. It's bad enough that I'm here," Kate said to Lizzie.
"At least your friends are here," Lizzie said back.
"Yeah, but you want to be here."
"No I don't. Do you know what I would give to be sleeping right now?"
"You? What about me. This is taking time out of my summer beauty sleep."
"Yeah, well, I'm missing The Price is Right for this."
"You watch that show?" Kate asked, her eyes widening.
"Yeah, Gordo and Miranda thinks it's stupid, but I think that it's awesome."
"Me too! I don't know anybody else who watches that show. My friends think it's stupid too.
At the end of the day, the whole camp met in the gym again. Lizzie and Kate meandered up the bleachers to where Claire was already sitting, joking about crazy people that had been on the Price is Right along the way.
"Kate, what are you doing?" Claire asked when they made it to where she was sitting.
"What do you mean?" Kate asked back.
"You are talking to Lizzie McGuire. That person that you have called a loser nearly everyday of your life."
"She's my friend now."
"It doesn't work like that."
"Well, I changed the rules, and Lizzie is our friend, so what are you gonna do about it?"
"Hello, ladies," Ethan said as he walked up the bleachers towards the three. "I hope you girls had a nice day."
"We did," Kate said, referring to her and Lizzie. "But you'll have to ask Claire too, because she was wasting her breath telling me who I could be friends with."
"Wait, doesn't we mean the three of you? Because Claire and Lizzie and you is three, and we means more than one person, but then if…"
"Never mind," Kate snapped. "Let's just get this day over with."
"Hi, Lizzie. How was camp today?" Jo asked her daughter as she got in the car.
"It was great!" Lizzie exclaimed.
"What did you do?"
"Today was when we got to know everybody, and we were told about everything that we're gonna be doing for the rest of the summer. Next week, my group is cooking."
"That's wonderful. So, have you met anybody new yet?"
"No, not exactly, but Kate is there, and we're in the same group. Did you know that both of us like to watch The Price is Right?"
"Do you mean Kate Sanders, the Kate who used to be your friend and then treated you like dirt once you got into junior high and tried to put an embarrassing picture of you in the yearbook last year?"
"Yeah, but she's not as bad as you may think. I mean, she is human after all. Maybe now that she's gonna be in high school, she's decided to be nicer."
As Lizzie and her mom pulled into the driveway of their fairly large suburban home, Matt bounded out of the front door to meet them as they got out of the car.
"What do you want, dog breath?" Lizzie asked her brother.
"Now, Lizzie, that's not very…" Jo started to say.
"Can Lanny and Malina come over today?" Lanny Onasis and Malina Bianco were Matt's two best friends, and the three of them always seemed to find a way to stir up trouble.
"Sure, but they can't stay for dinner," Jo said.
"Why not?" Matt whined.
"Because I didn't prepare enough food for our whole family and your friends."
"Well, Lizzie doesn't need to eat."
"Mom, listen to him. If anybody shouldn't eat, it's Matt," Lizzie shot back at Matt.
"You two need to cut it out. You guys haven't even been together for five minutes today, and you're already fighting. Now, Matt, go call your friends. They can stay over until 5:30."
A/N:
Hey, Thanks for the reviews! Keep me updated on what you think.
Chapter Two: Day Camp
"Oh, Lizzie, you're growing up so fast. Are you ready to go to day camp?" Lizzie's little brother, Matt McGuire said, menacingly.
"Shut up porcupine head," Lizzie shot back. "Or I'll..."
"Lizzie, be nice to your brother," Lizzie's father, Sam McGuire said from behind his newspaper.
"He started it," Lizzie whined. Matt grinned at Lizzie.
"Matt, you too," Sam said, unenthusiastically.
"Lizzie, are you ready to go?" Jo asked, coming into the kitchen.
"I guess."
Lizzie entered a huge gym at Hilridge High School. She couldn't believe how big it was. There were two full basketball courts in only one gym!
Sitting on the bleachers were about 75 kids, all enthusiastically talking with friends.
Lizzie scanned the bleachers for someone she knew, or at least recognized. There was no one.
"Hey, Lizzie," a voice called out from near the top. It was Ethan Craft, Lizzie's middle school crush!
Lizzie walked up the bleachers to where Ethan was sitting. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Um, I don't really know," he said after a short silence.
"Well well, look at what the cat dragged in this summer. I do believe that you are in the gym reserved for anybody but you," a snooty voice from behind Lizzie said. "I do believe you're standing in front of my seat.
It was Kate, Lizzie's worst enemy from middle school, and now she was going to be stuck with her all summer.
Kate pushed Lizzie aside, almost causing her to tumble down the bleachers, and sat down almost on top of Ethan.
"Excuse me," Lizzie said.
"You're excused for being such a klutz. Now go sit with your own kind. Oh wait, tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber left for the summer," Kate said.
"Hey, there's room for both of you up here. You can sit on the other side of me, Lizzie," Ethan interrupted.
"Thanks," Lizzie said as she sat down.
Claire Miller was the next person to enter the gym.
Lizzie didn't think the summer could get any worse.
"Claire!" Kate shrieked. Claire looked up and then ran up the bleachers to where Kate was sitting and sat down next to here.
"I was so scared that I wouldn't know anybody here. My mom forced me to come because she said I needed something to do over the summer. Like, I have cheerleading and money. I don't need some stupid day camp," Claire said.
Claire was Kate's best friend, making her another one of Lizzie's worst nightmares.
A whistle cut the noise in an instant. It was coming from a big muscular looking man on the gym floor.
"Okay, listen up," the man said. "I am Mr. Clark, Hilridge high school's football coach and gym teacher. I'm in charge of this camp, and you will have the time of your life this summer."
A loud murmur went through the bleachers.
"I hope he doesn't want us to run laps or something because then I would actually have to work, which I am not doing this summer," Kate whispered to Claire.
The whistle blasted again. "As long as you respect me, this camp will be the most fun you've ever had," he said. "We will do a lot of things outdoors, as well as some things indoors." Mr. Clark started to go over what the students were going to do over the summer. The students were going to be given the chance to do a different thing every week with their assigned group. The students were split into groups of 20.
Mr. Clark started to ramble off the names of the groups. "...Josh Lawson, Jean Taite, Lizzie McGuire, and Kate Sanders," He shouted. "Go meet in that corner of the gym." He pointed to an empty spot on the gym floor.
Both Kate and Lizzie looked shell-shocked. Lizzie couldn't believe her ears. The summer just kept on getting worse. Now not only would she be stuck with Kate in the same school for the summer, but she would be stuck in the same group with her biggest tormentor.
Lizzie and Kate joined the group of other nervous, but excited looking students. A nice looking woman who looked like she was no older than 30 walked up to the group and introduced herself. "Hello, students. My name is Mrs. Nance. I'm gonna be your leader for the summer. I teach 11th grade English and..." Her voice was drowned out by the rapidly increasing noise level of the gym.
Mr. Clark's whistle pierced the air once more. The gym fell silent. "Okay, now that you're in your groups, follow your leaders to your designated classrooms."
Lizzie, Kate, and the group followed Mrs. Nance into classroom 187.
"This is where we will meet every morning," Mrs. Nance said. She went on to explain in more detail what they would be doing over the course of the summer, then she gave them time to meet each other.
"I can't believe that I've been stuck in a group with you. It's bad enough that I'm here," Kate said to Lizzie.
"At least your friends are here," Lizzie said back.
"Yeah, but you want to be here."
"No I don't. Do you know what I would give to be sleeping right now?"
"You? What about me. This is taking time out of my summer beauty sleep."
"Yeah, well, I'm missing The Price is Right for this."
"You watch that show?" Kate asked, her eyes widening.
"Yeah, Gordo and Miranda thinks it's stupid, but I think that it's awesome."
"Me too! I don't know anybody else who watches that show. My friends think it's stupid too.
At the end of the day, the whole camp met in the gym again. Lizzie and Kate meandered up the bleachers to where Claire was already sitting, joking about crazy people that had been on the Price is Right along the way.
"Kate, what are you doing?" Claire asked when they made it to where she was sitting.
"What do you mean?" Kate asked back.
"You are talking to Lizzie McGuire. That person that you have called a loser nearly everyday of your life."
"She's my friend now."
"It doesn't work like that."
"Well, I changed the rules, and Lizzie is our friend, so what are you gonna do about it?"
"Hello, ladies," Ethan said as he walked up the bleachers towards the three. "I hope you girls had a nice day."
"We did," Kate said, referring to her and Lizzie. "But you'll have to ask Claire too, because she was wasting her breath telling me who I could be friends with."
"Wait, doesn't we mean the three of you? Because Claire and Lizzie and you is three, and we means more than one person, but then if…"
"Never mind," Kate snapped. "Let's just get this day over with."
"Hi, Lizzie. How was camp today?" Jo asked her daughter as she got in the car.
"It was great!" Lizzie exclaimed.
"What did you do?"
"Today was when we got to know everybody, and we were told about everything that we're gonna be doing for the rest of the summer. Next week, my group is cooking."
"That's wonderful. So, have you met anybody new yet?"
"No, not exactly, but Kate is there, and we're in the same group. Did you know that both of us like to watch The Price is Right?"
"Do you mean Kate Sanders, the Kate who used to be your friend and then treated you like dirt once you got into junior high and tried to put an embarrassing picture of you in the yearbook last year?"
"Yeah, but she's not as bad as you may think. I mean, she is human after all. Maybe now that she's gonna be in high school, she's decided to be nicer."
As Lizzie and her mom pulled into the driveway of their fairly large suburban home, Matt bounded out of the front door to meet them as they got out of the car.
"What do you want, dog breath?" Lizzie asked her brother.
"Now, Lizzie, that's not very…" Jo started to say.
"Can Lanny and Malina come over today?" Lanny Onasis and Malina Bianco were Matt's two best friends, and the three of them always seemed to find a way to stir up trouble.
"Sure, but they can't stay for dinner," Jo said.
"Why not?" Matt whined.
"Because I didn't prepare enough food for our whole family and your friends."
"Well, Lizzie doesn't need to eat."
"Mom, listen to him. If anybody shouldn't eat, it's Matt," Lizzie shot back at Matt.
"You two need to cut it out. You guys haven't even been together for five minutes today, and you're already fighting. Now, Matt, go call your friends. They can stay over until 5:30."